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Last Year, Japanese Game Market Experienced Shrinkage [Japan]
kotaku.com - 1/5/2009
Last Year, Japanese Game Market Experienced Shrinkage [Japan]
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According to Famitsu 's publisher Enterbrain, the Japanese game market is, like a frightened turtle, getting smaller compared to last year. But what was the biggest selling game hardware? Games? The data for 2007 reflects the period from January 1, 2007 to December 3, 2007. The data for 2008 ...

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Japanese gaming market shrinks in 2008
GoNintendo — Data provided by Famitsu… 2007 Market Size (Figures Are Approximate) Hardware: ¥327.41 billion Software: ¥360.54 billion Total: ¥687.95 billion 2008 Market Size (Figures Are Approximate) Hardware: ¥250.5 billion Software: ¥332.12 billion Total: ¥582.61 billion You can see a roundup of more figures that we’ve already covered right here This entry was posted on Monday, January 5th, 2009 at 3:16 pm and is filed under ...

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